Despite some potentially purposeful activity—including the establishment of the National Space Council and the National Space Board and the publication of two over-lapping high-level strategies (the National, and the Defence, space strategies)— the disbanding of the National Space Council is set to undo these efforts, with the responsibilities and interaction of the departments and agencies involved in space remaining very unclear. This is preventing the Government from making well- informed and productive decisions on space policy. In response to this Report the Government must provide an explanation for the disbanding of the National Space Council and set out what new governance structures will be put in place and how these will ensure the success of the National and Defence Space Strategies. (Paragraph 172) 82 UK space strategy and UK satellite infrastructure